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We just launched a website for KS2 children aimed at helping
them learn Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) as part of QCDA. It's co cute! Basically
it takes kids through dual language stories to learn French (more languages
coming soon!)
The website gives great resources for teachers –
particularly primary teachers who need to teach languages but that are not
necessarily specialists.
Here is a great article for teachers and parents trying to
spark childrens interest for learning a foreign language.
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If you're driving (or planning on driving) an ecommerce business (I regularly work with many Liverpool Ecommerce businesses), you'll know what I mean when I say there's little in marketing as fascinating. I think it's because unlike most of the rest of the discipline of marketing the link to revenue is so transparent with ecommerce. You get to see the actual cash roll in (or not) based on each new idea you test.
It's a big subject too, but here's a few obvious tips to get you started:
And no offence but you're probably not Amazon. That means that unless your company is worth 90 billion and you literally wrote the book on ecommerce, it might be wiser to start off in a niche you know you can rule. It might seem like a good idea to stock a huge range, but unless you have better margin than everyone else (see Tip #2) on EVERYTHING, you'll find it hard work and your time, effort and budget will be diluted. Better to pick something you have the edge on and get it performing well. You can expand inventory later.
This is the internet and your prices are going to be shown, quite literally, next to those of your competitors. In "Lowest Price First" order. If they're selling the same product at a better price with comparable delivery and they don't look "dodgy" who do you think wins the business? That leads to some important critical strategic thinking – if you (generally) don't have the margin, maybe you need to rethink the niche – See Tip #1. If you DO have the margin, that's a product worth pushing!
Sometimes it's difficult to organise your products rationally. Often, I speak to ecommerce merchants and they're bogged down in legacy categories simply because "that's how we've always organised the product catalogue", "This is the category we store it under in the warehouse" or "that's how our supplier organises their catalogue".
For the front of an ecommerce store though, the only person you should be prioritising is the customer. They don't care about your warehouse, or suppliers catalogue, they just expect to find the thing they're looking for in the category that makes most sense to them.
Look at your categories. If there's more than about 8 (top level), if they don't make sense to a customer, rethink them.
Fulfilment. Easy to say but difficult to get right. Many successful ecommerce websites make sure that they are VERY good at shipping, and offer attractive rates. Make sure that the cost you offer is reasonable, consider offering cheaper or free shipping over a certain spend threshold and build your relationship with the carrier or fulfilment partner because if they let you down, it'll be your reputation that suffers. A good relationship with the carrier will go further than a purely "cheapest quote wins" option.
Customers talk to each other. For a while, ecommerce websites had control of this because the customers were separated in space and didn't know each other. Twitter, Trustpilot, and so on now mean that control has eroded. Google shopping results allow customers to rate - "trust" is now a currency, managed by third parties. The direction of travel is clear – this will increase, reputations and conversations are increasingly out in public written record. This cuts both ways but ecommerce stores which work to amplify positive reviews and recommendations thrive on this "Social Proof" of good service.
If you've not got it in stock and you accepted the order, there's a disappointed customer in the pipeline. Drop Shipping is fine, but make sure you set expectations reasonably, up front and if you know there are supply problems, it might be worth pulling back from promoting those items.
Managing a large catalogue can be a pain. The more inventory you have, the more you need to manage. From a customer perspective, there's nothing that will have you clicking away and onto the next ecommerce site than a product page with insufficient information and content.
Ideally, every single product page will have at least:
That could take a while to develop for any sizable catalogue! Prioritise your most important products and keep going at it, little and often. Remember – the more good quality content, the better you'll do in natural search.
Any credible ecommerce store knows where each customer came from, down to the keyword, email, referring site and so on (if you don't, ask us about it). You should also have a pretty good if not exact number for what it cost to get each visitor to your site.
What would happen if you lined up the "acceptable cost to acquire" customers with the products that you can sell them at a profit? What would happen if you used that information to widen the gap between acquisition cost and price?
That's why it's worth measuring.
It's an old and obvious observation but if you don't list your physical address and phone number, I'm not going to trust you and that means I'm not going to buy from you.
Make sure it's obvious.
There's very little about an ecommerce website (or business operation, for that matter) that can't be tested. The ecommerce websites which are relentless in their testing are the ones which come out on top and that's because they're removing the guesswork with every test.
Start as you mean to go on and make a list of what you're going to test, here's a few examples:
There's another article about Six Great Tips for Split Testing here.
Ecommerce is a big subject and constantly changing. We regularly run training events, have a look here at our Ecommerce Web Design Services to see what we offer and if you'd like to have a chat with an expert, get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.
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Good to see Liverppol PR pals doing well. Paver Smith are expanding again.
Alex McDonald and Ruth Cobban have joined the agency's PR team as a graduate trainee and account executive respectively while Danielle Thompson has joined its creative team as a junior account executive.
Cobban is a former journalist with the Worcester Standard newspaper in the Midlands while McDonald has recently graduated from Liverpool John Moores University.
Thompson is working for the agency on a one-year industrial placement while studying for an advertising and design degree at the University of Huddersfield.
Other news included:
Paver Smith wins Greater Manchester public health campaign
Paver Smith launches localism division
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Do you need to keep up-to-date, but find it difficult to spare the time to attend training seminars and conferences? PestPractice, the new online training tool to be launched at PestTech on Wednesday 2 November, looks set to provide a convenient, cost effective solution.
PestPractice is a powerful online training tool for pest control. It delivers high quality video presentations, from recognised industry experts, on demand, via the web.
This means that it can be precisely targeted to your needs, or the needs of your team. You are in control and can select which sessions to watch. In this way you only pay for what you need and you don't have to sit through presentations on topics which simply aren't relevant.
You also save all that travelling time and expenses as well as any associated overnight accommodation costs.
All you need to participate is a laptop or PC with sound and an internet connection. Signing up takes just a few minutes and once your account is created you can access any, or all, of the webinars immediately.
Each pest control webinar last around 40 to 45 minutes and if you're collecting PROMPT CPD points, the system will keep track of those for you too.
The concept has been developed by two of the country's top technical experts, Adrian Meyer from Acheta and Clive Boase from the Pest Management Consultancy. (Both are on the PestTechncial Advisory Board). They have worked closely with new media company Glow, the people behind Pest Control Portal, and ourselves at Pest publications.
"In a competitive world, the need for technical training has never been greater," suggests Adrian Meyer. "Whilst nothing will replace the benefits of on-site practical and group pest control training, the benefits of access to high quality, targeted technical training and refresher sessions, taken at a time and place of your choosing are clear for all to see. No travel costs, minimal time away from work and the ability to choose the combination of topics that suit your personal needs make these pest control webinars an attractive and cost effective addition to any training portfolio."
Try it for free vouchers will be handed out at PestTech, or go online and sign up
to claim your free webinar.
Glow's Phil Blything comments: "Well trained technicians mean better profit and much less risk but training can be a big overhead, particularly lost time for travel and waiting for the right event. We brought together the latest in technology including scalable video streaming, with our proprietary presentation delivery system and CPD points tracking, then we worked hard to make all of that fade into the background so that the user just has to choose what they want, then view it. PestPractice manages the rest."
The first six modules, recorded by Adrian and Clive, are now available for viewing at www.pestpractice.comEach webinar will cost £25+VAT.
Try it for Free
"Recognising that this is an entirely new concept for many in the industry we have a special introductory offer," explains Pest associate editor Helen Riby. "Between now and the end of the year you can view your first webinar for free. It's from Adrian Meyer on Understanding house mouse behaviour & its impact on effective control – a topic which is relevant to most pest controllers.
All you have to do is go online, create your account and off you go."
"As an added incentive over the same period, the five other modules can be viewed for just £5 each plus VAT," she adds.
These are on:
• Keep it legal - mammal protection requirements
• Rodenticide labels - a guided tour
• Squeezing the best from insecticide gels
• Phantom biting - causes and solutions
• Insecticide labels - a guided tour
More topics will be added over the coming months and not just on technical matters, but also management and business skills. In short, pest control training and development has never been easier!
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What on earth is a "Google Bio" I hear you ask
Type your name into Google. Your Google Bio is what comes back. We've all got one and most of us have looked at it, whether we admit it in public or not!
It's significant because increasingly, it's not just us looking. Employers, employees, press, people we're meeting next week, the in-laws - "Googling" someone has become commonplace since Larry and Sergei first sat Eric Schmidt in front of his Google bio for his CEO of Google interview.
Quite literally, the world is now forming judgements about us from a range of digital signals and sources but this one is the primary. Are you putting as much thought into that as you do on what tie or shoes you wear for the meeting?
LinkedIn fits into this picture particularly because the mere act of creating a profile on LinkedIn adds a (typically) top 3 hit to your Google bio with a distinctly professional slant. If you're keen on making your Google bio a little more professional or substantial, this a good place to start.
Your Digital Reputation is more important than ever and it's not enough to sit back and passively accept what Google decides to show.
Would you like to know more about how Glow can help you with Social Media?
By Phil Blything – Director of Liverpool Digital Marketing Agency, Glow New Media.
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What on earth is a "Google Bio" I hear you ask
Type your name into Google. Your Google Bio is what comes back. We've all got one and most of us have looked at it, whether we admit it in public or not!
It's significant because increasingly, it's not just us looking. Employers, employees, press, people we're meeting next week, the in-laws - "Googling" someone has become commonplace since Larry and Sergei first sat Eric Schmidt in front of his Google bio for his CEO of Google interview.
Quite literally, the world is now forming judgements about us from a range of digital signals and sources but this one is the primary. Are you putting as much thought into that as you do on what tie or shoes you wear for the meeting?
LinkedIn fits into this picture particularly because the mere act of creating a profile on LinkedIn adds a (typically) top 3 hit to your Google bio with a distinctly professional slant. If you're keen on making your Google bio a little more professional or substantial, this a good place to start.
Your Digital Reputation is more important than ever and it's not enough to sit back and passively accept what Google decides to show.
By Phil Blything – Director of Liverpool Digital Marketing Agency, Glow New Media.
I encourage you to republish this article, on the condition that you leave this by-line footer and links unaltered.
LinkedIn does what it says on the tin, so to speak. If you decide to use it, you'll most likely have realised that the more meaningful connections you have, the more you will get out of it. So how on earth do you go about increasing your LinkedIn connectivity?
Here are ten tips to increase your LinkedIn connections:
1. Pay attention to who's looking at your LinkedIn profile
Once you're signed up and have a live profile, you will have access to the "Who's viewed my profile" tool. You can find it on the right hand side of your profile page. What you see here depends on whether you and / or your viewer decided to remain anonymous when viewing profiles, but generally, you will see a list of visitors. If you know them, why not drop them an invite?
2. Put a call to action in your email signature
You probably send quite a few emails, every day. The great thing about them is that they mostly go to people who you know or soon will do. Perfect.
By adding a call to action – something like "Connect with me on LinkedIn" and linking directly to your profile, you will soon see an increase in relevant requests.
3. Request to connect at a meaningful time
Rather than sending requests when you happen to be looking at LinkedIn, would it make more sense to invite people when it makes sense to THEM? Two great times would be as soon as you arrange that first meeting, or alternatively immediately after it. Do that each time and it builds up.
4. Join groups
Groups are at the heart of LinkedIn. They're often overlooked but these groups are where most of the interaction happens. Try a few searches on your area of professional expertise, find a few which relate to your industry and join them.
5. Actually interact in groups
I know that we already mentioned groups but I see so many examples of people joining but not interacting with groups that I've given this one its own tip. Good advice would be to "Lurk" and watch the group until you are comfortable, then start posting. Answer a question or ask some of your own. You'll meet interesting people and some of these will naturally want to connect.
6. Add or change your profile picture
This is an unusual one, but it works. Profiles with a picture get much more attention than those without. Adding or changing that photo is automatically injected into the newsfeeds of all of your contacts and is given a high weighting for importance. This simple act will increase your visibility with existing contacts. Some of those will interact which will then make you visible to their contacts.
7. Don't overdo the invites
Sometimes, it can be tempting to invite large batches of people, some who you may not know well, or at all. Be careful with that... Each person you invite receives an email offering them the choice to accept (or not) your offer. They also have the option to specify that they do not know you. If you get enough of those, LinkedIn can and frequently will, block you from inviting people to connect.
8. Use the import and invite tool
This tool is very powerful, so don't abuse it! On the main navigation, find Contacts and then Add Connections. You can either add a list of email addresses OR grant access to LinkedIn to grab email addresses from your email software.
Don't worry; LinkedIn will ever email these contacts without your permission.
Once you've imported the list, LinkedIn will allow you to tick or untick everyone in the list. When you're ready, LinkedIn will batch invite everyone you selected.
9. Use the people you may know tool
You can find this on the home page (once logged in of course), over on the right. Click on the "See More" link and you will find a list of people who you're not yet connected with but who you probably know. This tool is fiendishly clever and providing you have enough contacts for LinkedIn to work with, you might find the suggestions uncanny. Don't panic too much when you notice connections there which LinkedIn couldn't possibly have guessed – most likely your email address was uploaded by them so linkedIn knows they might know you.
10. Make it a habit
Little and often, the advice goes! Many of these activities would seem onerous unless you take it 5 or 10 minutes a day. Develop the right habits and you'll clock up the connections with ease.
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I often get asked to help people make sense of LinkedIn so that they can make the most of it. It's often a subtle approach, simply because there are so many people, attitudes, industry types and so on.
Some people are gregarious, some are shy.
Interestingly, it's senior management and leadership who seem to struggle the most. If that's you, read on...
Firstly, don't worry. You are not alone.
Secondly, don't assume this article is evangelising LinkedIn or Social Media in general – it's not.
If though, you're starting to wonder whether you may be losing more than you protect by staying out of this space, then it's worth clearing some of those question marks away.
Have you asked yourself the following questions:
• Are people looking for me on LinkedIn?
• If so, what are they finding? What conclusion does that make them draw?
• Is LinkedIn a fad, or is now standard professional reference material?
• Are my team using LinkedIn? What are they doing?
• What do my stakeholders expect? What do journalists expect?
There are more but that will give you a feel for where LinkedIn sits and how it might affect you.
This next bit might sting a little, so apologies in advance, but stay with me – nobody knows you're reading this, so it's just between us!
It's important to understand that one of the reasons for slow uptake of Social Media amongst leadership (apologies again for the generalisation but the data do support this) is the generational split in the demographics. If you're Senior Management or Leadership, chances are that you're 45 plus. Typically, it will be younger, less senior people doing the networking.
Here's the rub:
Seniority and social hierarchy often dictates how leaders interact.
Are you allowing your position as a leader to prevent you from understanding what's happening in this medium because you perceive it to be "Low value" or "Low status"?
Whatever the answer, make it an informed one and remember there are a few leaders who maybe wished they had answered themselves more honestly about the importance of social media to them – Muammar Gaddaffi, Bashar al-Assad and Hosni Mubarak to name a few.
For those in the know, it was little surprise that LinkedIn chose to go public last month with its much publicised IPO. LinkedIn has been around now for nearly 10 years and unlike twitter, has been profitable for much of that. Early revenue streams came from the obvious recruitment services that arise when you're sitting on a database of professional contacts and millions of profiles which effectively constitute their CVs.
It's recent timing that's interesting however – any LinkedIn users will likely agree with me that the number of requests for connections has increased considerably in the last 6 months, particularly since November. There are three main reasons:
LinkedIn iPhone app now allows people to add each other when they're out networking
Many businesses familiarised themselves with social networking on Facebook and yearned for a better, more business credible platform. Then found it.
Mainly though, the economy broke, people got worried about their job and all of a sudden, realised that their network was their most valuable asset.
Does LinkedIn suddenly start to look like its time has come?
Now ask the question why the IPO. Why now?
There are two answers which leap out to me. It could be as mundane as looking for a high spot to go public to maximise return from the share issue, OR it could be that they need capital because they have big plans.
I'm inclined to think it's a little of both.
You can follow LinkedIn progress here.
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Spotify has announced its latest hardware partner with Onkyo, joining the likes of Logitech and Sonos in offering Spotify Premium customers streaming through its devices.
Stating that the move is a "world's first" as it is the first consumer electronics brand to offer Spotify access through a home cinema receiver, and starting with the Onkyo TX-NR609, the Japanese AV specialist has said that other Spotify-packed devices will be coming in the "near future".
"This will be an absolute must have for Spotify Premium subscribers who want to hear their music in the highest quality at home," said Nick Hamada, Onkyo's product and marketing manager.
"We're extremely excited to be working with the legendary engineers from Onkyo, who's sound quality and product excellence is renowned," added Pascal de Mul, Spotify's global head of hardware partnerships.
"Onkyo makes our vision of effortless access to music a reality which we're sure will impress even the most discerning audio enthusiast."
Spotify on Onkyo devices is controlled via an on screen UI, complete with album artwork and track info.
See also - Onkyo TX-NR609 leads the receiver pack in new 2011 lineup
And - Spotify for Sonos review

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Matthew Kluber teaches print media, digital media, drawing and hybrid media.
Kluber holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Iowa and a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught at the University of Iowa and at Iowa State University and was Artist-in-Residence at the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Kluber has shown his prints, drawings, paintings and digital work at galleries and museums including: 123 Watts Gallery in New York City, Klein Art Works in Chicago, Rudolph Poissant Gallery in Houston, the Portland Museum of Art in Oregon, the Austin Museum of Art in Texas, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, and at the Des Moines Art Center, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, and the Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College.
Matthew Kluber has exhibited his paintings/projections, films, and drawings at galleries and museums including: the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China, FOCUS09/Art Basel, Switzerland; The Painting Center, New York; Klein Art Works, Chicago; Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City; Zane Bennet Project Space, Santa Fe; the Portland Museum of Art, Oregon; The Micro Museum, Brooklyn; the Austin Museum of Art, Texas; the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan; Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha; the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Iowa Museum of Art.


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Palladium Books is on the move and making strides. We have one truly great book for you after another, and we have plans in place to support all of our game lines.
But our battle is far from over.
We need your continued support. We need you to purchase the books and products that tug at your imagination. We need you to continue to spread the word about Palladium Books and our many game lines. We need you to let others know how much fun our games are to play. We need to make sure gamers know we have one Megaversal Game System. That when you learn to play any one Palladium game, you have the tools to play ALL OF THEM. Better yet, you can bring in characters, weapons, magic and abilities from one setting to another with little to no conversions (depending on the settings). Hence, a Megaverse® of adventure that is truly limited only by your imagination.
No other game system covers the range and flexibility of Palladium Books. Nobody offers the range of dynamic settings and gaming opportunities. Nobody. And we need to let the world know that.
I guess this is on my mind because I heard from a few dismayed Palladium fans at the Open House, how some people think Palladium Books died back in 2006 due to the Crisis of Treachery. I heard it myself from a half dozen people last year at Gen Con. We need to fix that. We need to let gamers know Palladium Books is alive and producing some of the best products ever. And I'm not talking about new gamers who haven't yet discovered Palladium. I'm talking about gamers who know and love our games, but don't realize Palladium has survived and continues to create games they love.
The problem was compounded by the 2008 global economic collapse from which many of us are all still recovering. The global economic crisis caused many game companies to move away from the niche RPG market, and many stores feeling the crunch went out of business or reduced the range of role-playing games they carried. This resulted in an RPG industry-wide slump and reduced production of role-playing games.
Ah, but interest in RPGs is growing. Sales are slowly picking up. Several companies, Palladium included, are starting to make some noise with their products. Now we need to raise the growing chatter into a roar.
To that end, Palladium is looking into various avenues of promotion and advertising. We still have limited resources, so our options are limited, but we are open to all possibilities. Especially things we can do ourselves at minimal cost. We would appreciate your suggestions and input on the matter. Please feel free to share your ideas with us via private messages, emails and online posts in our forums.
The Palladium Website. We'll be doing some routine maintenance, and making upgrades and changes behind the scenes over the next few weeks. That means it is a good time for you to offer suggestions on things you might like to see added, changed and improved on the website.
Okay, maybe not "those" Avengers. But Palladium has assembled a team of super-talented artists and writers. An assemblage of top talent dedicated to the future of Palladium Books and dedicated to raising the bar for role-playing game products. The ideas from everyone at Palladium – from staff to freelancers – are flying like crazy. We can't have a half-hour meeting without it exploding into a 3-4 hour brainstorming session. The creative energy is off the charts. All of us are pumped up and raring to go.
Our goal is to create new sourcebooks and games that will continue to blow you away. The books already in the pipeline are going ignite your imaginations and delight. The new projects we're already lining up, and haven't even told you about, are just as exciting. Meanwhile, there are things boiling behind the scenes that could be huge. People from within and outside Palladium looking at our amazing world settings and IPs with an eye to expanding their reach into new markets and mediums.
To help fund and facilitate new Palladium products and growth, we will continue to offer new Megaverse® Insider crowdsourcing opportunities. Such crowdsourcing will be reserved for major releases and new ventures into new markets. Moneys made above and beyond our projected goals are applied to paying off debt, increased and superior promotion/advertising, and other new products.
The next Megaverse® Insider offers will be for the two Northern Gun Rifts® World Books – the first of which kicks off on June 7, 2012. More on it next week.
Palladium's Megaverse® Insider offers, in effect, sell you an array of special items that are NOT generally available to the public. Product available only to Megaverse® Insiders and only for the limited 2-3 week period of that specific Megaverse® Insider offer. "Insider exclusive" products include your name listed in that book as one of the "Insiders" who made it possible, a very limited edition hardcover, a more limited edition collector's hardcover foil edition, a PDF version of the book, and special combination packages that may include limited edition prints, original artwork and a call from me, Kevin Siembieda, for a brief chat.
We try to make these special Megaverse® Insider products and opportunities special and worthwhile. This is not a charity, it's the sale of unique items and opportunities that we hope have sentimental and financial value to you, as well as a means to help fund the production of the specific book/project. We hope that in a few years, those limited edition hardcovers, for example, are worth 2, 3 or 10 times what you paid for them. After all, they are printed to your exact orders plus a few dozen extra. (Both of the Rifts® Lemuria hardcovers were under 200 copies. That's a limited press run!)
I've spent much of the week going over manuscripts, breaking them into smaller sections, and prepping them for a) final edits and rewrites, b) additional material, and c) final art assignments. Boy oh boy, are the upcoming books epic. And we'll be grinding them out one after another.
If you love zombies and you're a gamer, you NEED to check out the Dead Reign™ RPG series! The game setting of the zombie apocalypse is action-packed fun, and the elements of survival and rebuilding human civilization adds a deeper dimension of play. Endless Dead™ is the latest sourcebook for this ongoing series. There are a couple of cool zombie T-shirts and a coffee mug for the Dead Reign™ RPG too.
This week I started my final editing and writing for this book. I'm tempted to say I'm especially excited about the additional information about Reid's Rangers and Camazotz, but I'm excited about everything in this book! Werebeasts, the Yucatan, Doc Reid, Reid's Rangers, Fort Reid, Camazotz, the Vampire Kingdoms, Vampire Hunter Slayers (vampire henchmen who hunt and destroy Vampire Hunters!), and a bunch of other good stuff.
I've gone over the manuscript, broken it down into sections, done a few bits and pieces of editing, and have a couple people working on some additional bits to include. That last part is a little crazy, because this book is already packed with awesome material. You're going to love it. I'm figuring out which artists should illustrate which sections and will assign the art next week. See the new description for Rifts® Black Market later in this Weekly Update.
I've gone over the manuscript and finally divided the material into each book. There may be a few tweaks and changes, but I think we are all set. Meanwhile, Chuck is busy working on the cover and interior art. See the new description for Northern Gun™ One later in this Weekly Update.
Note: Northern Gun™ One – Megaverse® Insider crowdsource funding offer runs June 7-25, 2012. It will be structured very much like the Lemuria offer. As requested, we are trying to give you the advanced notice you've asked for. Northern Gun™ Two – Megaverse® Insider, crowdsource funding offer will take place in July, 2012. It will be structured very much like the Lemuria offer. Full details for both Insider offers have yet to be finalized.
Same story as above. I've gone over the manuscript and divided the material into each book. There may be a few tweaks and changes, but I think we are all set. Meanwhile, John Zeleznik has been busy working on the cover. I need to assign the rest of the artwork. See the new description for Northern Gun™ Two later in this Weekly Update.
I've gone over the manuscript, broken it down into sections, did a few bits and pieces of editing, and will be assigning art for it by the end of June. This book will knock your socks off. See the new description for Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames later in this Weekly Update.
I'm pleased to report that Rifter® submissions have been pouring in over the last few weeks with reports of more in the works. Thank you guys. Wayne will start plotting The Rifter® #59 next week.
The Rifter® #49 and #50 are now available on DriveThruRPG.com and we'll add a few more next week. We're also continuing to move forward with plans for the PDF only editions of The Rifter® #0.1 and The Rifter® #0.2 – both are big, juicy digital editions of new, fan created material for the Palladium Megaverse® of games.
Don't forget, DriveThruRPG.com also offers the Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kits (both written by Carl Gleba and complete with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein; $5 each), and FREE Sneak Previews of Endless Dead™, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™, Thundercloud Galaxy™, as well as 90+ back stock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE to come.
Despite a plethora of recent new book releases, reprint titles, and new non-book products, the past week's sales have been steady but a bit soft. Of course, sales were strong when the new products were initially released and distributor sales have been healthy, so we're not too worried. We also know people are hungry for new product which is always a good sign.
Alex and I have added a bunch of Palladium collectibles as well as a bunch of new toys and action figures to my online store. More will be added all weekend long as well as more new items every day or two for the next several weeks. Right now they include proofreader copies of books, Palladium gold editions, some artwork, some art prints, and other good stuff. Most Palladium items are signed by me, Alex and other Palladium creators. We'll keep them coming if you keep buying them. http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles
It is the Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. For most of us, it is a "holiday" spent going on a mini-vacation, barbecuing, seeing movies and hanging with friends and family. That's cool, and please, have a wonderful time. But let's not forget who we're supposed to be remembering. The men and women who have served (and fallen) in military service. These men and women may include our fathers and grandfathers, mothers and grandmothers, aunts and uncles, dear friends and fellow gamers. There are a lot gamers in the military. A lot. And I worry for their safety. But whether those in military service are gamers or not – whether you agree or disagree with the politics – they are all putting their lives on the line for this country and us. And that's worth taking a moment to reflect upon and offer up a little prayer and thank you on their behalf.
I, for one, want to say thank you, right here and now, to all of you in military service. Thank you for taking a stand for what you believe is right. Thank you for having the courage to fight for the greater good and try to keep us safe. My sincerest sympathies, prayers and thanks to the families who have suffered the loss of a loved one in the line of duty. Your loss can never be filled. One can argue that you, the families who have suffered such a grievous loss, and the service men and women who have survived but lost so many brothers and sisters, yet must press onward, have made the greatest sacrifices of all. A sacrifice, I'm selfishly glad to say, most of us do not know. I can say that only because of your sacrifices. Thank you. Please know that your sacrifices have not fallen on deaf ears. Please know that you are remembered, respected and appreciated by many of us.
I'll be thinking of you and your families and friends throughout the weekend. I'll be making that little prayer of thanks and asking God to keep a watchful eye over you, and to give you a moment's peace and the strength to press forward when you need it most. I may even stop by the home of the family a few blocks away where a Palladium gamer in the military will game no more. They don't know me, but I think I'd like to tell them how sorry I am for their loss and thank them for their sacrifice.
Hey, it is a holiday! Go out and have fun too. I sure don't mean to end this Update on a down note, nor, I'm sure, would those in military service wish me to. I know enough vets to understand they feel they are just doing their job. Yet, like all of us, I also know they like hearing we appreciate their hard work and good intentions.
Everyone, enjoy the long weekend and have a safe, wonderful time. Play games, have fun and share laughter with those you love. Me, I'll be working a little, relaxing a little and holding those I love close.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
Endless Dead™ is a new 96 page sourcebook that is awesome. You need to purchase it. ;) And if you haven't tried Dead Reign™ yet, what are you waiting for?
The Rifter® Number 58 examines people, places and power. There are new, "official" O.C.C.s for Rifts® Lemuria that include the Lemurian Academic, Citizen, Experimenter and Healer, plus more aquatic animals of note. The Free State of Lazlo provides another unique setting on Rifts Earth, and a Nightbane® short story offers a sense of life after Dark Day. The material for Palladium Fantasy® introduces an array of dangerous beings, and the section on the Kezel and their abilities provides a new kind of superhuman that can be used in Heroes Unlimited™, Phase World® or anywhere in the Megaverse®.
The Rifter #58 includes:
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
The Black Market is the most prevalent trader in weapons, magic items, drugs, and contraband outlawed by the Coalition. Explore the day to day business of the North American Black Market along with its smuggling routes, practices, policies and notable nefarious products and services. Learn about the five major Black Market factions in North America and foreign groups like the Yakuza, Green Scarf Sect and the Underground Railroads of Atlantis and the Vampire Kingdoms.
Northern Gun™ is the largest independent manufacturer of high-tech weapons, robots and vehicles in North America. Outside of the Coalition States, one could argue, no other kingdom is as powerful or influential, at least when it comes to technology and weapons. The manufacture and sale of Northern Gun weapons and vehicles has given virtually every kingdom, town, colony of settlers and adventurer group a chance to survive and prosper. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, NG has been the premier outfitter of mercenaries, adventurers and upstart kingdoms for generations. Now, for the first time ever, learn Northern Gun's history, goals and plans for the future. Of course, that means new weapons, robots, power armor, vehicles and gear.
More information about the weapons, vehicles and practices of Northern Gun, including the new rage of Robot Gladiatorial combat.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. Demons, Deevils and supernatural beings run rampant and wreak havoc across the world.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
The following are in development:
● New! Rifts® Pencil – Cat. No. 2561 – 50 cents per each pencil.
● New! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Coffee Mug – red on a black, 15.5 ounce mug – Cat. No. 2560 – $10.00.
● New! Dead Reign™: "Survive or Die Trying" T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2556 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Wilk's Laser Technologies™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2557 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Imagination Unleashed T-Shirt – black image on a red T-shirt – No. 2558 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Northern Gun™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2559 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● Property of the Coalition™ T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2528 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
- Old Ones™ for Palladium Fantasy® – Cat. No. 453
- Wolfen Empire for Palladium Fantasy® – Cat. No. 471
- Mutant Underground™ for Heroes Unlimited™ – Cat. No. 520
- Rifts® Mercenaries – Cat. No. 813
- Rifts® Splynn Dimensional Market™ – Cat. No. 836
- Rifts® Free Quebec™ – Cat. No. 837
- Rifts® Three Galaxies™ – Cat. No. 851
- Rifts® Black Vault™ – Cat. No. 855
- Rifts® Triax™ 2 – Cat. No. 881
The following new Rifts® miniatures have never before been released by Palladium Books.
● MI8021 – Rifts® Shadow Beast – $12.00
● MI8022 – Rifts® Mystic Knight – $6.00
● MI8023 – Rifts® Lord Magus – $6.00
● MI8024 – Rifts® High Magus – $6.00
● MI8025 – Rifts® Coalition Psi-Stalker (new-style Dead Boy armor) – $6.00
● MI8026 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy in DPM-D1 Armor – $6.00
● MI8027 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #2 (with energy rifle) – $6.00
● MI8028 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #3 (with rifle and Vibro-Knife) – $6.00
● MI8029 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #4 (German Shepherd with rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
● MI8030 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #5 (Bulldog with energy rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
The following favorite Rifts® miniatures are back in stock. Some, like the Glitter Boy, have sold on the collector's market for as much as $50-$120. They are being re-released for the first time in a decade.
● MI8031 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Power Armor – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8032 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Pilot – $6.00
● MI8033 – Rifts® Kydian Overlord (Atlantis) – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8034 – Rifts® Dragonsaurus (Atlantis) – $10.00
● MI8035 – Rifts® Slaver and Slave (Atlantis); 2 figs, no plastic bases – $10.00
● MI8036 – Rifts® Crazy – $6.00
● MI8037 – Rifts® Juicer #1 (with laser pistol) – $6.00
● MI8038 – Rifts® Juicer #2 (with Vibro-Sword) – $6.00
● MI8039 – Rifts® Cyborg #1 (with Rail Gun) – $12.00
● MI8040 – Rifts® Cyborg #2 (with gun hands) – $12.00
● MI8041 – Rifts® Cyborg #3 – $6.00
● MI8042 – Rifts® Coalition Officer (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8043 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #1 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8044 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #2 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8045 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #3 (old armor) – $6.00
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Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars® and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. Beyond the Supernatural™, Chaos Earth, Coalition States, Dead Reign, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, Warpath, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.
Robotech® and Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® are Registered Trademarks of Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
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MIAMI (Reuters) - A 113-year-old woman who was listed as the oldest person in the United States has died, only weeks before her birthday, a Florida newspaper reported.
Elsie Thompson died at her home on March 21 in Clearwater, Florida, the Tampa Bay Times reported late on Sunday.
The Gerontology Research Group, which compiles information on the world's oldest known living people, listed Thompson as the fourth-oldest person in the world before her death.
Thompson was born on April 5, 1899, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. She moved to Florida in 1971 with her husband, Ron Thompson, a former Pennsylvania state senator who died in 1986, the Times reported.
Thompson ranked as the oldest person in the United States after the death in January of a 114-year-old South Carolina woman, Mamie Rearden.
The oldest known living person in the world, according to the Gerontology Research Group, is a 115-year-old Japanese man, Jiroemon Kimura.
(Reporting by Kevin Gray; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


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Dying doctor battling pain in more ways than one
He's dealing with a terminal illness after surviving addiction to drugs he once used for patients
Sitting in his hot Volvo in a parking lot in southwest Houston in July, Richard Patt was doubled over, sobbing. The endorphins built up during hours of intense, pleasurable work in the studio mixing a CD he recorded with his band were draining from his body in a rush. He hadn't taken a pill in some time. A close friend had just died of cancer.
The pain, relentlessly opportunistic, saw its opening and attacked, enveloping Patt in a mind-altering embrace, squeezing every ounce of resolve and residual pleasure from him.
He thought he knew everything there was to know about pain, and yet it had caught him off guard. In the space of a short walk to his car, he'd gone from euphoria to wracking sobs. This was manageable with a quick rescue dose of morphine. But that would make him sleepy, and he was miles away from home and hadn't arranged an alternative. He felt trapped and angry.
Patt is the co-author of two books on cancer pain - one a peer-reviewed and well-received textbook; the other a virtual manual for both patients and doctors on how to relieve the pain and suffering of cancer. Nowhere in either book would he find advice on how to avoid, how to plan for, how to manage the situation he now found himself in.
Over a stellar, 40-year career as a renowned doctor, he treated thousands of people for pain, helping them manage it with powerful narcotics, allowing them to approach their deaths with a zest for life, not in the grip of frightening and debilitating pain. He had experienced pain himself, the emotional pain of having lost everything to those same drugs - his profession, his reputation, his good name - and had taught himself to live through it, staying in the moment until it passed.
Except now, on that morning in his Volvo, his spine feeling like it had been worked over with a baseball bat and his resolve momentarily in tatters, he was having a hard time believing his own counsel.
Patt was dying of metastatic lung cancer. There was nothing academic or abstract about it. This was what all those patients were talking about. He had understood their pain, now he was feeling it.
And it delivered a sucker punch.
Surprising career move
Pain was Patt's game. It was his pathway to acclaim, professional success, wealth, immense personal satisfaction and pleasure and took him around the world as a sought-after speaker.
In the mid-1980s, Patt was an anesthesiology resident at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York when he surprised his colleagues by seeking a fellowship in pain medicine.
He was moved by a stark and astounding truth: Doctors had at their disposal the tools to alleviate excruciating pain in virtually all people with terminal cancer, and for myriad of deeply entrenched reasons, rarely used them.
The principal tools on the shelf were opioid analgesics or narcotics, but doctors were wary of prescribing them, concerned their patients would become addicted, but also fearful that overprescribing the drugs could land them in trouble with regulators. Patients, too, were fearful of becoming addicted. The country was at war against these drugs; it was the era of Just Say No.
In 1989. Patt accepted the position of director of one of the world's first dedicated pain centers at the University of Rochester's Strong Memorial Hospital. Four years later he was recruited to join a team at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, establishing the center's first Pain and Symptom Management Center. He'd made it to the big leagues.
One of the people involved in his recruitment was C. Stratton Hill, the grandfather of pain medicine in Texas, and a professor emeritus at M.D. Anderson. Once the preserve of the neurologists, pain was now attracting more and more anesthesiologists like Patt, who advocated the wider use of opioids and other interventionist tools to manage it.
"We were looking at neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, psychiatrists," Hill says. "The thing that impressed me about Rick was his thoroughness and his compassion. Of course, his knowledge too, and his holistic approach."
Patt and the team were doing some pretty cutting-edge things to intervene in the mysterious, unique battles that people wage with their pain. They were putting morphine directly in people's brains, they were stimulating spinal cords, they were threading needles into dangerous parts of the body to deliver narcotics to a specific neuron.
But for the most part they were giving people enough drugs in a controlled environment to alleviate their pain and thereby their suffering, which aren't the same thing but are related. They were, literally, the difference between a baby with brain cancer dying in agony or playing with its rattles.
Patt was spending only half his time on clinical medicine. The rest of the time he was setting up training programs, writing papers, raising money, teaching, co-authoring a book, serving on professional boards and traveling around the world.
He doesn't know if this was ultimately what was behind his fall at Anderson. But in 1998, Patt got a new boss who didn't take a liking to him and set about getting rid of him.
"Me and the new guy just didn't hit it off," he says. "Now to be fair, I spent a lot of time out of the hospital, sort of promoting myself. I was partly out of control in terms of having everything being about me, but the fact is I was achieving a great deal."
Nevertheless, after a yearlong, somewhat public battle, Patt agreed under pressure to resign from M.D. Anderson in 1998. At age 44, he established the Patt Center for Pain Management, hung a shingle outside the door and went into business for himself.
Living the good life
That shingle hung from a multimillion-dollar Medical Center mansion Patt and his wife, Pauline, bought from the family that founded the Prince's Drive Inn hamburger empire. They set about turning it into their dream house.
Joe DiPaulo, known locally as the Stonemason from Spring, was a childhood friend from Baltimore. His most visible work in the city was the fantastical roof garden at Christus St. Joseph's Hospital, a montage of waterfalls and palm trees visible to anyone zipping by on the Pierce Elevated portion of I-45. Patt wanted one of them in his backyard.
What he got almost defies description. It starts with a 40-foot mountain, a swimming pool and a fountain running down the mountain into the pool. Add rock bridges, pathways, secret caves, a game room under the mountain, fire towers, a bandstand, an outside bar, lush tropical vegetation, statuary from around the world, a water slide from a second story balcony into the pool, huge antique wooden doors and a giant teddy bear.
"The house was one of excess," says Patt. "There is no question it was an expression of where I was at, but there were elements of it that to this day were so much fun.
Fun at the time meant going to an auction and coming home with three Rolls Royces, all of which turned out to be clunkers, but hey. It meant collecting cool stuff - 50 guitars, giant antique posters for magician's shows, comic books, furniture. It meant money was no object. It meant parties at Dr. Rick's place.
And it meant drugs.
"When I separated from Anderson, it was really the first time anyone had told me you know, really, you're not wanted," he says. "It started with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. There was a pretty good interval where I was running my own practice and my drug use was minimal and controlled. I would take some stimulants to get going in the morning and then I would take a pain pill at some point if I needed to crash. And I smoked some weed."
When not having fun, Patt was growing his practice out of his home. He had surgical privileges at top local hospitals, where he performed surgical interventions. And for a brief period he was the coordinator for inpatient medical care at The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center.
His patients loved him. He keeps their letters, or letters from family members of the dead, thanking him for enriching their end-of-life experiences. They meditated in his garden. They were soothed by the tasteful, eclectic décor of his rooms. They were comforted by his disarming, attentive bedside manner.
And, in the house that pain built, they were examined on an antique Chinese opium bed.
In July, 2005 Patt was in the operating room at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital about to implant a subcutaneous pain pump into a patient. A nurse thought he was behaving oddly, that his gait was unsteady and his voice slurred. She sounded the alarm.
Patt denied he was impaired, but agreed to a physical examination and a urine screen, which was positive for amphetamine, methamphetamine, oxazepam, and morphine.
Richard Patt was in a world of pain he had no idea how to treat.
Drug use increases
His first response was denial. He resigned his hospital privileges, but continued to treat his patients at the Patt clinic, and he continued using drugs. His descent into heavy drugs was gradual, and he doesn't remember exactly when he crossed the line from a casual weekend user to mainlining serious opioids.
"Where I really got into trouble was that the patients in whom regular pain medicines were not sufficient would get these pumps put in," he says. "Well, every month or two we'd need to empty the old drug out and dispose of it, and here I am popping a few pain pills here and there and every day pulling out all this relatively fresh dilaudid or morphine and disposing of it. One day, I don't remember the day, I just looked at it, you know, and that was it."
On April 4, 2006, reluctantly but with the ineluctable clarity that not doing so was not an option, Patt checked himself into a three-month program at the Talbot Recovery Campus, a rehabilitation center in Atlanta; two days later, the Texas Medical Board suspended his license after concluding he represented an "imminent peril to the public health, safety and welfare."
That was it.
The medical board had shown him no mercy, rightfully so, he says. Effectively he was barred from practicing medicine. He would be subject to random drug and alcohol tests for a list of banned substances containing practically every stimulant known to man, including mouthwash. He could not prescribe drugs of any kind. He was required to attend abstinence support group meetings regularly.
"They shut me down like that," he says. "I had continued to practice, I continued to say well I'll go into rehab eventually. I continued to use, even more aggressively as I saw that the handwriting was on the wall and this was sort of my last hurrah. When I went before the board to plead my case, I really had no case to plead."
'I got my life back'
September 17, 2006, is Patt's official date of sobriety, but it's not one he looks back on particularly fondly. He was angry, at the world and at himself. He didn't want to be sober. He was barred from being a doctor. He was in debt. He had to sell his dream house, and his collections, and literally everything else he owned. And now here he was, a big-shot doctor working as a barista at Starbucks because that was the only job he could get.
But it also marked a period of introspection, re-evaluation and renewed resolve.
"I surrendered to the fact that, yeah I had a drug problem and I had been looking for meaning in the wrong places in life, and the way I'd been living my life was wrong," he says.
"I didn't need to be one of the top doctors in my field. I could be the kind of person I just felt good about without needing to pose. Once that happened I got my life back and it was better than anything I could ever have imagined."
He began to rebuild his career as well. In April, 2010 he persuaded the board to allow him to practice medicine again, but only in a group or institutional setting and he found work in a doc-in-a-box clinic in a strip mall on Northwest Freeway.
It was mundane stuff - blood pressure, rashes, coughs and sneezes, chronic problems and minor pain, one of the main reasons people go see a doctor. Patt now was treating aches and pains rather than excruciating end-of-life pain, and he was doing it with Excedrin instead of morphine. And he was loving it.
He's not entirely sure why - perhaps because some colleagues of a similar age had recently died of cancer, perhaps it was that nagging pain in his lower back - but in March Patt, a heavy smoker all his life, had a CAT-scan performed at the hospital where he was once a hotshot. He had stage IV, non-small cell lung cancer that had metastasized and spread to his adrenal gland.
It was incurable. It was terminal. And it would be painful.
Rejects chemotherapy
On a recent Sunday night, Patt and his band, Dr. Rick's Fool's Paradise, were smoothly loping through their set list at Capone's Bar and Oven in Highland Village. His gravelly voice was strong, belying the severe discomfort he was feeling.
He knows enough about cancer and dying that when he received his diagnosis, the decision not to fight it was an easy one. He wanted no part of chemotherapy and massive doses of radiation and the misery and suffering that go with them.
And there is scientific evidence that those with his type of cancer who rely on palliative care instead may live longer and are happier when they die.
Even so, it wasn't going to be easy.
He's back on drugs - oxycodone and hydromorphone - to control his pain. He put off taking the strong stuff as long as he could, but as his tumors have grown, so has the pain.
Coming back from addiction and his spectacular fall from grace was the hardest thing Patt has ever had to do; dying doesn't seem that daunting in comparison if it's on his terms.
Patt, who served two terms as a board member with the Houston Blues Society, would much prefer to go out blissfully singing the blues.
"I have really not been sad or angry or depressed since I found out I was sick," Patt says. "What I've been is just really observant. This is the most interesting thing I've ever done. It's brilliant."
Plight is on Facebook
He has lost more than 30 pounds since his diagnosis, and a lot of his strength. His bandmates have to help him move his gear. Each gig takes a toll, and tales of the toll have become more regular on his Facebook page, where he is chronicling his journey.
"Paid for it all when I got home and, crying like a baby, I curled up in a ball until the pain meds, the heating pad, a hot bath and my baby kicked in to get me some relief," he wrote recently. "On the phone with the doctors today to get some more help. We reaps what we sows, but baby, it's worth it. In spades."
As his time runs out, Patt says he is struck by the imperative to savor every conversation, every consultation with a patient, every moment with Pauline and his 94-year-old father Howard, every experience, every note and every sandwich.
"Playing music is the ultimate requirement to be in the moment because it's all about timing, about finding your place in the rhythm and tempo of life," he says.
"Are you on the beat, are you just a little bit ahead of it, or just a little behind it and how we adjust to stay in that groove? You know it when you're off-kilter. It's sour and it ain't right and you get immediate feedback that you can't stay that way and still be part of the bigger song."


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Recent Moans from the Minions...
Stumbled across some wonderfully disturbing photographs of Halloween celebrators from the early 1900's. I've posted 3 of my favourites, but encourage you to browse the entire set.
There are additional images from the WIRED magazine article, where they interviewed the the man behind the collection:
...people back then were probably on a more intimate level with death — and that would have affected the way they celebrated Halloween...I am really fascinated by how these photographs of people dressed in primitive, homemade costumes and memorialized in faded, black-and-white photos often seem to have a real sinister aspect to them. I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but to me Halloween a century ago looks much scarier than it does now in digitalized color
I can blame metalchick666 over at Skulls and Bacon for introducing me to a treasure trove of pointless gadgets I must have and am in danger of wasting money on. I'd followed the link that lead to the cute monster bandages I would proudly wear, and decided to explore the site some more.
It was then I realized Archie McPhee ("Eating Brains and Taking Names for 25 years" - an actual slogan that came up on-screen) is home to endless streams of kitsch and subculture! Including, but not limited to, this fantastic remote control zombie.
And I kept looking. Deeper and deeper I tumbled, loving the tv dinner napkins and other retro gear. But I'll focus on the darker goodies for this post.
I don't normally post images of myself on the website, but this time I couldn't resist.
I have to get some x-rays done today, which reminded me I had this floating around on my computer.
That's me. No foolin.
I had a bone scan done years ago, and this is a copy of it. I've been meaning to post it (and incorporate it into a Halloween theme) for a long time.
There's something humbling about seeing your own skeleton; of seeing past the flesh.
There's also something really cool about it. Is it me, or do I have a happy evil skull?
I've posted a larger image below, including the scan of me from the back. Enjoy contemplating your own mortality...or mine, anyway.
My first experiment with a brain mould: a classic panna cotta dessert.
Ingredients for the brain:
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You know that feeling of accomplishment that follows the completion of a menial task? I'm talking about mundane things like cleaning out a closet or sorting out the overflowing junk drawer. No one else really cares that you've done it, but man, are you ever chuffed. And if it was up to you, you'd get some sort of reward like a gold star.
For me, it was finally getting around to fixing some small details on the website. For instance, I replaced the bullets in the menu. I'd always hated the ones originally there, but hadn't come up with a new image to replace them with.
Look at that image. I feel like a budding paleontologist spying a treasured dinosaur fossil for the first time. It's like documenting the history of haunting.
That is a classic example of the Captain Company collection. This one is courtesy of toyranch's flickr account where he has kindly shared a tremendous collection of these vintage ads.
So what is (or sadly, was) this Captain Company? Here's a very simple history from someone who just missed this cultural gemstone.
Horror movies really hit their stride in the livingrooms of the late 1950's, and UHF stations entertained audiences with classic films. Riding the monster popularity wave into the 1960's and 1970's was Famous Monster's of Filmland Magazine, in the back of which you would find Captain Company ads.
Captain company was a Philadelphia-based mail order business, and the merchandising arm of Warren Publishing. It specialized in horror movie related products including masks, model kits, rings, posters, Super 8mm films...you name it.
There's a blog I've been meaning to talk to you about called Skulls and Bacon. The author is a big fan of - as you may have guessed - skulls and bacon (and muppets, but I suppose 'Skulls, Bacon and Muppets' is just too wordy a title for a blog). You can find some interesting blog posts covering items like a Skull Sensory Deprivation Chamber or the Skull Ring USB Keys pictured here.
The skulls offer 2GB of portable memory for ghoulish geekory. While the price tag is high ($204.60 on geekstuff4u.com), the idea is great. Perhaps someone will come along with a more reasonably priced version.
If you're not scared off by the price, you'll find an assortment of colours - from pink to pewter - to suit your personal taste.
No, you're not on the wrong website. I've just changed gears for today. Forgive my lapse into nerd-dom, but I am a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica, which means it's an exciting time for me.
Starting tomorrow (Friday) morning, the Space channel (Canadian version of the Sci-Fi Channel) will be starting a BSG marathon, playing Season 4 episodes back to back, leading up to the new episode tomorrow night at 10 pm.
To celebrate this, I've started throwing together an impromptu Battlestar Galactica themed mini party for Yetch and I (Yetch, you need to stop reading this post now. Spoilers ahead).
I don't know what the weather is like where you live, but here with the windchill it's -30 C (that's -22 F for my American friends). Too cold for a creeper like me to leave the cozy confines of her home (I've been out there once already. That's enough thanks).
As a tribute to the ghastly weather, I've chosen some bone chilling (ha ha, punny) art for your enjoyment.
Headed by Doktor Viktor Von Kreep of Kreepsville Industries (the man responsible for such great things as Headless Spectre Records), a group of talented cartoonists came together and created "Cereal Killers":
Kreepsville Industries presents Cereal Killers. A spooky, kooky coffin table cartoon art book that has been in the works since 2006. This creepy, crawly treat features over 70 terrorfying takes on some of your favorite breakfast cereal's, and some original ones by some of the top animation artists and illustrators from today!
I've been a stressed out little spirit recently, dreaming of running away from it all. Usually I am prone to travelling to distant places that can be rather challenging - physically or mentally - and exciting to a Westerner; places like India and Japan. I'm a backpacker, not a suitcase toter. I've never done all-inclusive packages nor am I usually interested in paying a lot of money to sit on a beach while ignoring the rest of an unexplored country beyond the resort compound. I don't think talking to the waiter who brings you another margarita counts as 'getting to know the locals'.
But recently the idea of a classic vacation has appealed to me. Instead of looking into Vietnam or Cambodia (which I thought would be my next destination of choice), I've been drawn to Disneyland (oops..have been corrected. Disneyworld in Florida, not Disneyland) - the ultimate in indulgent, mind-numbing relaxation. And in pursuit of my new obsession, I came across an artist who goes by the name of Shag.
The best place to find current art and WIPs is Instagram
I'm also on Twitter but be prepared for political commentary
My self-published book is still available!
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Rex Eakins
Rex Eakins, 88. of Borger. died Sunday March 10, 2013, in Amarillo. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday March 14, at Westlawn Memorial park Cemetery with Rocky Eakins officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Evergreen at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.Rex was born April 30, 1924, at Hammon, Okla., to Fred and Noma Morris Eakins. He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII. He was a retired truck driver.He is survived by sons Rex Eakins Jr. of South Dakota, Jeff Eakins of Borger and Scott Eakins of Fritch, daughter Marcinia Goodner of Lake Kemp, Sisters Freda Lancaster of Lakewood, California and JoAnne Eakins of El Cajon, California. Five Grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Marsha Enquirez and a brother Gus Morris Eakins.


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Netflix to Announce Fourth-Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Jan 10, 2013, 04:30 EST
LOS GATOS, Calif., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced it will post its fourth-quarter 2012 financial results and business outlook on its investor relations website at http://ir.netflix.com on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at approximately 1:05 p.m. Pacific Time. At that time the company will issue a brief advisory release via newswire containing a link to the fourth-quarter 2012 financial results and letter to shareholders on its website.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101014/SF81638LOGO)
Netflix management will host a live Q&A session at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the Company's financial results and business outlook, with questions submitted via email. Please email your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com. The company will read the questions aloud on the call and respond to as many questions as possible. After email Q&A, we will also open up the lines to take live follow-up questions.
A live webcast and the replay of the earnings Q&A session can be accessed on the investor relations section of the Netflix website at http://ir.netflix.com. For those without access to the Internet, the dial-in for the live earnings Q&A session is: (760) 666-3613. The telephone replay of the earnings Q&A session will be available from 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time on January 23, 2013 through midnight on January 27, 2013. To listen to the replay, call (855) 859-2056, conference ID# 87568545.
About Netflix, Inc.
Netflix is the world's leading Internet television network with more than 30 million members in 40 countries enjoying more than one billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including original series. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. Learn more about how Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is pioneering Internet television at www.netflix.com or follow Netflix on Facebook and Twitter.
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Sources for More Information
Bulletin #5: Living with Urban Soils
The most comprehensive source of soil information is found at the website of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Another excellent source of information is the website of Morton Arboretum.
In California, a helpful site is available from UC—Davis.
There are many soil textbooks available at college book stores or online. One excellent book that focuses especially on urban soils and their relationship to trees is:
Others, several of them quite recently published:
- Urban Soils: Application and Practices, by Phillip J. Craul.
- Understanding Soils in Urban Environments, by Pam Hazelton and Brian Murphy.
- Managing Soils in an Urban Environment, by R. S. Brown
- Up by Roots, by James Urban.
The International Society of Arboriculture has a number of publications related to soils and the protection of tree roots. These include:
- Trees and Development, by Nelda Matheny and James R. Clark
- The Landscape Below Ground I & II, (compendiums of workshop presentations)
- Soil Management for Urban Trees, (A Best Management Practice supplement to ANSI A300)
To order ISA publications, phone 217-355-9411 or visit isa-arbor.com.
Leaflets and Booklets
The following "class handout" contains a large amount of information condensed into a few number of pages. It is well illustrated and contains useful lists such as symptoms of nutrient deficiencies and soil requirements for specific species. Individual copies are available at cost from Dr. Schultz:
This brief fact sheet is available free:
Magazine Articles
- Tree Nutrition and Fertilization by Les P. Werner is a two-part series full of valuable information. It was featured in the July and August 2010 issues of Arborist News published by the International Society of Arboriculture.
- Managing Soils That Support Urban Trees. June 2015 Arborist News (ISA)


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